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It will be the 12th time that the Corvette has had the role

The new, seventh generation Corvette has been selected to be the pace car for the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 26. The car will be painted Laguna Blue Tintcoat with Indianapolis 500 graphics on the doors and strobe light...

Production is limited to 30 cars worldwide

McLaren will race its 12C Can-Am Edition up the hill at Goodwood in July. It will also bring some of the historic Can-Am cars from its collection to race up the hill.  McLaren dominated the early era of Can-Am racing and won the series ch...

It hopes to improve performance against the Audi R18s

Toyota's 2013 TS030 was not ready as originally planned for the first World Endurance Championship race at Silverstone. The two 2012 Toyota's finished a lap down to the two 2013 Audi R18 e-tron Quattros. Toyota is hoping to change that wit...

Porsche entering five classic cars

Porsche will enter five classic cars into the Mille Miglia historic rally. Famous Porsche racer Hans-Joachim Stuck will drive a special 356 that was the first in the range to use a single-pane front windshield. The rally is held from May 16 to May...

New rules, DRS and open tires this season

Audi is ready to begin the 2013 DTM season next weekend at Hockenheim with its new RS5 DTM racecar. The rules have been opened this season with more tire options and a DRS rear wing similar to what is used in Formula 1.  There are some ma...

Scheduled as part of the festivities for the Nürburgring 24 Hours

Mercedes has announced that Michael Schumacher will drive the 2011 Mercedes W02 Formula 1 car around the Nürburgring Nordschleife as part of the festivities for the Nürburgring 24 Hours race on May 19. A Mercedes F1 car has not raced on ...

Testing the car to see if there is an advantage for Le Mans

Audi has announced that among the three Audi R18 e-tron Quattros being entered for the Six Hours of Spa, one of them is a new, experimental version with long-tail bodywork that is meant to increase top speed and improve high speed stability. ...

The team does not believe it will happen again in the future

Ferrari has diagnosed what caused Fernando Alonso's car's Drag Reduction System to fail in the opening laps of the Bahrain Grand Prix. It says that a mechanical component in the DRS broke. It was the first time that the engineers have seen...

Both teams had hardships in Bahrain but believes it points to better performance

Force India and Ferrari both had hardships during the Bahrain Grand Prix. Paul di Resta at Force India nearly had the first podium of his career but was passed by Romain Grosjean with six laps to go. Fernando Alonso had a tragic race too. ...

The car packs 875hp in a 875kg car

A week after revealing the car and Sebastien Loeb as the driver, Peugeot has revealed the full specs for the Peugeot 208 T16 that will race up Pikes Peak on June 30. The car is powered by an 875hp 3.2-liter, twin-turbo V6 mounted in the middle of ...